Pumpkin is a tasty and healthy vegetable that can be used in many different ways in cooking. Pumpkin is suitable for making sweet, savory dishes and even drinks and ice cream.
How to grow a pumpkin in the garden
Pumpkin is a heat-loving plant, which is better to start planting in mid-June. The soil should warm up well, and the frosts should go away for good, otherwise the harvest will be poor.
Since the growing season of pumpkin is 4-5 months, it is advisable to grow it using seedlings. Pumpkin seedlings can be prepared at home on the windowsill or in greenhouses.
The root system of the pumpkin is very powerful, so make sure that the soil around it is always well moistened.
Water the pumpkin at least twice a week and very plentifully (3 watering cans for each plant).
Pruning
Limit the growth of side shoots. If you wish, you can leave only a couple of the strongest lashes, except for the main one, and remove the rest.
Such measures will stimulate the plant to develop fruits.
How to grow a sweet and big pumpkin
Do not forget about fertilizers containing potassium.
Observe the necessary balance of soil moisture when irrigating the crop.
Sow not in the ground, but exclusively with seedlings, starting literally from April, in accordance with climatic conditions.
Do not allow more than three ovaries to appear on the plant.
